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Uncovering the secrets of the Unterzee for the betterment of all. Not least you.

Descriptors for levels in this story:

- To the Dilmun Club

- Preliminary Research at your Lodgings

- Off into the Unknown!

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You start seeing this man everywhere…

A Sneering Gentleman

You recognise a vinegar-faced valet of His Amused Lordship in a drizzle-pattered street. He never liked you. He sneers: 'The Dilmun Club is sponsoring expeditions, but the papers with your name on keep going missing…'
[Unlocked with Featuring in the Tales of the University 30]

You'll need to do some research first. A lot of it…

Preparatory Research

Marshal your work before you go to Zee. You may prepare as much or as little as you prefer. Once you set sail, you will no longer be able to do preparatory research until your voyage is complete.

Look at the current trend for Theosophistry

High Society is abuzz with spiritualism. Of course, they don't much like being the subject of academic study. This will significantly reduce your Connected: Society. You can do this until you have 100 pages. To get more, you'll need to do field work.Unlocked: Connected: Society 50

Connected: Society Drop (~200 cp) You now have 50 x A Page of Theosophistical Notes

Pay someone else to research for you

The going rate for mercenary scholars is astonishing. But sometimes one just has to let others do the work. [You can do this until you have 100 pages of each kind of research. To get more, you'll need to do field work.]Unlocked with 80 x Memory of Distant Shores

Examine your collection of curiosities

You might get a head start on your archaeology by rummaging through your collection. [You can do this until you have 300 pages. To get more, you'll need to do field work.]Unlocked with 1 x Collection of CuriositiesA matter of luck: pretty good odds.

You've lost 1 x Collection of Curiosities You now have 150 x A Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes

Summarise your experiences in the Wars of Illusion

Describe what you learned about the Glass and the Shroud. You will need clear notes to base further investigation upon. [You can do this until you have 100 pages. To get more, you'll need to do field work.]Unlocked: 1 x Extraordinary Implication, Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion 25A matter of luck: pretty good odds.

Consult the Masters of the Bazaar

They, more than most, should know a thing or two about previous cities. [This will lower your connection to the Masters. You can do this until you have 300 pages. To get more, you'll need to do field work.]Unlocked: Connected: the Masters of the Bazaar 3A matter of luck: a sure thing. Or is it?

Have instruments ground

Instruments! The soul and weapon of the modern scientist! If only they were cheaper. [You can do this until you have 100 pages of each kind of research. To get more, you'll need to do field work.]Unlock: 1 x Whirring Contraption

Trade in academic favours

You could consult your remaining friends at the University. They know a few things about cryptopaleontology. [This will significantly reduce your connections. You can do this until you have 300 pages. To get more, you'll need to do field work.]Unlock: Connected: Benthic 20, Connected: Summerset 20.

Consult your current work

You're already published, aren't you? Make sure that you're not forgetting anything. [You can do this until you have 100 pages of each type of research. To get more, you'll need to do field work.]Unlock: 1 x Collated Research

Find promising students

You can't be expected to do all this work yourself. You should recruit assistants from the young, the worthy and the radical. [This will significantly reduce your connections. You can do this until you have 100 pages of each sort of research. To get more, you'll need to do field work.]Unlock : Connected: Urchins 20, Connected: The Church 20, Connected: Revolutionaries 20.

Approaching Journey's End increase (2 change points) You now have 5 x A Page of Cryptopaleontological Notes You now have 5 x A Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes You now have 5 x A Page of Theosophistical Notes

Share your Research with a Fellow Scholar

It is the duty of the modern scholar to publish and share work with the academic community. But there's no harm in letting a friend look at it first.

Away, my beauties!

You'll have to use messenger bats, and plenty of them. Write small. [Your academic collegue must have research to share, and sufficient bats for a reply.]
Unlocked with: 10 x Sulky Bat, 50 x A Page of Cryptopaleontological Notes, 50 x A Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes, 50 x A Page of Theosophistical Notes.

In the Sea of Voices, you'll need a Screaming Map to open this route.
NB — This Island is particulary appropriate to collect Pages of Theosophistical Notes..

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After competing at least one stay in one of those Island, your 'Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery' Quality will rise to 4 - An Established Scholar.
You then will be able to exchange your notes in your Lodgings at any time...

Found in Your Lodgings, unlocked with Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery 4

Organise your Research

All that time on your voyage of discovery, the hardships and deprivations of life at sea weigh on you. But what will you do with all these notes?

Collate your cryptopaleontological work

The study of life is as natural to you as breathing. [This will gain you Collated Research and a souvenir of your work.] (Unlocked with A Page of Cryptopaleontological Notes 120)

You gained 1 x Collated Research You've lost 120 x A Page of Theosophistical Notes You now have 1 x A Volume of your Theosophistical Work

Re-establish your academic reputation

The business at the University was regrettable. And you're the one that ended up doing most of the regretting. No more. If you publish enough of this brilliant work, they'll beg to have you back. (Unlocked with unwelcome at the University 1, 500 x A Page of Cryptopaleontological Notes, 500 x A Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes, 500 x A Page of Theosophistical Notes )

Speak to professional persons with academic pretensions

The room is dim and smoky. Each of your guests has paid a small fortune in secrets to hear you speak, penned into books as they arrive. But, they say, you know the best places to find relics ripe for the plundering. (Unlocked with 500 x A Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes)

Breed a beast

You are no stranger to the creation of exotic life. Armed with your research and your menagerie, this could be the culmination of your career in breeding. Even if it costs you the whole gang of them. (Unlocked with 1 x Hound of Heaven , 1 x Corresponding Ocelot, 1 x Ocular Toadbeast, 1 x Obdurate Stallion, 1 x Slavering Dream-Hound, 500 x A Page of Cryptopaleontological Notes.)

You now have 1 x Bifurcated Owl. You no longer have any of this: 'Hound of Heaven' (Hey, I had two!) You no longer have any of this: 'Ocular Toadbeast' You no longer have any of this: 'Obdurate Stallion' You no longer have any of this: 'Slavering Dream-Hound' You no longer have any of this: 'Corresponding Ocelot' You've lost 500 x A Page of Cryptopaleontological Notes

Sell your Theosophistical conclusions

Monsieur Pleat, the hypnotist who dances on both sides of the border between Glass and Shroud, is very interested in hearing about your expedition. (Unlocked with Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion 25, 500 x A Page of Theosophistical Notes.)

Speak to naturalists, hunters and the breeders of monsters

They balked at the price, a tune from the lips of a dead god, but they came. They want to hear of beasts and monsters. How they breed. How to kill them. And in one case, how they taste. (Unlocked with 500 x A Page of Cryptopaleontological Notes.)

Another round of preliminary research

Rip it up and start again! Well, rip a little of it up. Save the good bits. [This will allow you to return to preliminary research, before you head out again to the islands. It will cost you 50 of each kind of accumulated research.]unlocked when you have insufficient Notes for any other option

You lose 50 of each kind of notes Your 'Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery' Quality is now 2 - Preliminary Research at your Lodgings!

What Does One Do with a Bifurcated Owl?

Your owl lies motionless in the parlour, covered by your best tea towel. What on earth are you going to do with it?

Option 1: Send in a bold explorer

So, you have a plan. You obtain a weasel. You attach a small candle to its head in the fashion of a miner's helmet. And then you send it in. If it comes out again, it will surely tell you the most potent and delicious secrets.A matter of luck: it could go either wayunlocked with Lucky Weasel 1, unlocked with a Scholar of the Correspondence 1, unlocked with Foxfire Candle Stub 1